Earrings
Earrings: styles, hoops, huggies and piercing jewelry.
8 entries
Jewelry and kids
Children's earrings: metal, clasp and size for first earrings
How to choose a child's first earrings: metal, type of clasp, size, stud or dangle, cleaning and what to do if they catch.
Jewelry
Ear cuffs and piercing jewelry
Ear cuffs with no hole, labrets, cartilage hoops and piercing jewelry: safe materials, sizes (gauge and length) and hygiene care.
Jewelry
Earring styles: stud, hoop, drop, chandelier and more
A catalog of earring styles: stud, hoop, creole, huggie, drop, dangle, chandelier, ear jacket, climber, ear cuff and threader, with wearing tips.
Jewelry
Earrings or Ear Pendants
What earrings are, types (stud, hoop, drop, chandelier), backs and how to choose them.
Techniques
Electroforming: hollow forms by electrolysis
Electroforming deposits metal with electricity onto a conductive model to make hollow, lightweight, large forms, such as voluminous pendants and earrings.
Jewelry
Hoops, huggies and creoles
Guide to hoop earrings: small huggies close to the lobe, medium and large creoles, and click-closure hoops; sizes, materials and how to choose.
Jewelry
Parts of a piece of jewelry: ring, earring, necklace and bracelet
Vocabulary of the parts of a jewel: head, prongs, shoulders and shank of the ring; post and back of the earring; chain, clasp and bail of the necklace.
Jewelry
Types of jewelry clasps (necklaces, bracelets and earrings)
Necklace and bracelet clasps (lobster, spring ring, toggle, box, barrel, magnetic) and earring backs (butterfly, screw, lever, clip).